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YAN Wai Yin 忻慧妍

YAN Wai Yin忻慧妍

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YAN Wai Yin (b.1994) works and lives in Hong Kong and London. Yan excels at the juxtaposition and insertion of literary texts in narratives. Through shifting personal observations and the temporal, emotional distance in different texts, Yan inscribes quotidian fragments of memories lingering in space and objects. Her film “Localized Blindness” (2019) was awarded the Best Experimental Award at the 20th South Taiwan Film Festival, “Tugging Diary” (2020) was awarded at Taiwan Kaohsiung Film Festival and Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris. In 2023, Yan was awarded the Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship (2024). Solo exhibitions include: “Too Long Ago, Not Far” (Floating Projects, 2023) and “Black Bird, Frost Flower and Pink Falling Stars” (RNH Space, 2021). Solo presentations include: Duddell’s Hong Kong, Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong), deArt Centre (Beijing), DAC.Taipei Digital Art Centre (Taiwan). Recent exhibitions and screenings include: M+ Museum, Blindspot Gallery, Ben Brown Gallery (Hong Kong), Galerie Urs Meile (Beijing), Yale University (US), Kunstmuseum Bonn, European Media Art Festival (Germany), Open City Documentary Festival (UK), IFFR (Netherlands), Videoex (Switzerland), Image Forum (Japan), EXiS (Korea), and TIVA-ANIMA (Taiwan) among others.

忻慧姸 (生於1994年) 生活及工作於香港及倫敦。擅於選用文學語句並置穿插於敘述過程中,透過轉移個人觀察與不同文本的時空情感距離,刻劃殘留於空間物件中的日常瑣碎記憶。作品《局部失明》(2019) 獲第二十屆南方影展最佳實驗片,《日 ”””’;”””’ 記》(2020) 先後於台灣高雄電影節及巴黎差異與實驗影展暨國際競賽獲獎。她於2023年獲亞洲文化協會頒發紐約獎助計劃(2024)。個人展覽包括:《在不太遙遠的很久以前》(據點。句點,2023)及《黑鳥、霜花與粉紅流星》(RNH 空間, 2021)。個人展影包括:都爹利會館,大館當代美術館 (香港), 的|藝術中心 (北京),臺北數位藝術中心 (台灣)。近期展覽及放映包括:M+ 博物館,刺點畫廊,布朗畫廊 (香港),麥勒畫廊 (北京),耶魯大學 (美國),波恩藝術博物館,歐洲媒體藝術節 (德國),Open City 紀錄片節 (倫敦),鹿特丹國際影展 (荷蘭),Videoex (瑞士),Image Forum (日本),EXiS (韓國)及台灣國際錄像藝術展ANIMA (台灣)等。